Was anyone else in here forced to be a religion by your parents for years?

Forced might be too strong a word for my case, but I was certainly raised as a Christian and made to go to church and all that. It was definitely decided for me. Then again though, pretty much most things are typically decided for you when you are that young. My parents didn't know any better, and I'm sure just wanted me to become a good person, and in their view, that meant subscribing to the Christian faith.

Martian, being born as a certain ethnicity is uncontrollable and has no room for choice or decisions as your grow up. If you're born a Swede, you're a Swede and always will be. It's not an aspect of thought or consideration. You're part of that ethnicity. I wouldn't put such things in the same line as growing up Christian.

__________________“But men, they say a lot of foolish things. In the end, the only words I can find to believe in are mine." - Joe

Martian, being born as a certain ethnicity is uncontrollable and has no room for choice or decisions as your grow up. If you're born a Swede, you're a Swede and always will be. It's not an aspect of thought or consideration. You're part of that ethnicity. I wouldn't put such things in the same line as growing up Christian.

Right but it's along the same lines of things you grew up with that you had no control over of. I'm thinking of not only swedish ethnicity but culture and all that jazz. These things shape who you become no matter what. Faith ends up shaping people more than they know even past renunciation. I've dedicated good portions of my posts to that fact.